Re: Do I have to buy another copy of XP
From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 05:11:24 +1000
Scum like you often talk like this. It just shows a complete lack of ethics.
-- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm "Brian Coats" <noemail@noemailhere.com> wrote in message news:4069c346.3639638@news.microsoft.com... > Alot of people here don't use a real name. I already made the > suggestion using my real name at the ms website. Big deal. > > Brian Coats > > > >On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 04:54:51 +1000, "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote: > > >Why isn't it your real name. Your opinion is worthless then. > > > >You can complain to MS and they'll stop selling the software to = > >softwareguy so he can't sell to others. Ditto Walmart as a mouse is not = > >sufficient. This is part of the licence agreement between MS and the = > >OEM.=20 > > > >4. SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION > > > >4.1 If the enclosed Software Unit consists of a desktop operating = > >system, Microsoft grants to you a > > > >nonexclusive right to distribute each Software Unit, provided it is = > >distributed accompanied with either a fully > > > >assembled computer system or nonperipheral computer hardware component = > >(that will be an integral part of > > > >the computer system on which the Software Unit will be installed). A = > >fully assembled computer system shall > > > >consist of at least a central processing unit, a motherboard, a hard = > >drive, a power supply, and a case. > > > >4.2 If the enclosed Software Unit consists of application or server = > >software, Microsoft grants to you a > > > >nonexclusive right to distribute each Software Unit, provided it is = > >distributed only with a fully assembled > > > >computer system. > > > >4.3 Each Software Unit must be distributed pursuant to the End-User = > >License Agreement that accompanies > > > >the Software Unit. Under the terms of the EULA you are the licensor. > > > > > >--=20 > >---------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.g2mil.com/Dec2003.htm > >"Brian Coats" <noemail@noemailhere.com> wrote in message = > >news:4069b735.549607@news.microsoft.com... > >> However, Microsoft I don=92t think could enforce it in court because > >> the allow oem sales without hardware. > >>=20 > >> http://www.softwareguy.com No hardware at all. > >>=20 > >> http://www.walmart.com/ xp oem with Just a mouse. =20 > >>=20 > >> A lot of other places do too. > >>=20 > >> I thought once as you did. =20 > >> Microsoft should of put on the outside of the carton. The exact > >> restrictions on how an oem can be sold and used. This way everyone > >> can read it before being sold. > >>=20 > >> Unfortunately. I got windows 98 oem. Which I cant legally install > >> until I get a license for it. I didn=92t know nothing about the > >> restrictions until I saw it in the windows 98 group. The company > >> would not refund my money. I paid $89.00 for nothing. The softway > >> guy also said I didn=92t need a coa. He said the license is on the > >> disk. I even called the softway guy and he told me the sale was > >> legal. That=92s a big joke.=20 > >>=20 > >> I even got one computer person to tell me. The full retail xp version > >> can not be removed and put on another computer-hehe (Trying to sell > >> the oem) > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> You windows 98 question. > >> If you have the retail version, you may remove it from one computer > >> to another computer. Unless you have an a special License to install > >> it on more that one system. > >>=20 > >> I willing to pay Microsoft License to use my 98se oem. > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> Brian Coats > >> (Note not my real name) > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >>=20 > >> >On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:28:41 +0100, Alex Nichol = > ><alexn.mvpdts@ntlworld.delete.com> wrote: > >>=20 > >> >Wislndixie wrote: > >> > > >> >>I bought a full OEM version of Windows XP Home at=20 > >> >>christmas. I'm now getting a new computer. Can I=20 > >> >>reinstall my current version and reactivate or do I have=20 > >> >>to buy another copy of XP Home? > >> > > >> > > >> >You have to buy another. The big catch with OEM licenses (and the = > >main > >> >reason they are cheaper) is that the license is solely to the machine > >> >where it is first installed, and may not be transferred > >> > > >> > > >> >--=20 > >> >Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) > >> >Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit) > >> >
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